User:Brunerwes/Charlie Monroe

Both brothers were hot-headed and hard-working and felt they could succeed on their own.

Charlie was comfortable leading a band, more so than his brother Bill, as a result of his outgoing personality.

Charlie brought members of the Monroe Brothers act with him to Knoxville and then to Roanoke playing on radio stations. By this time he had hired Bill Calhoun and Zeke Morris, and he was attempting a re-creation of the Monroe Brothers duet sound.

He spent most of his time during the early 40's in Greensboro, North Carolina at radio station WBIG. He was featured on a show called the Noonday Jamboree every day. He also spent some time in '44 and '45 at WSJS in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.